gif highway shield transparency issues

[Clever, Max]

I took out the TRANSPARENT line in the symbol file and the map still shows the shield with a white canvas behind it.  I checked my image in a separate HTML with a colored background just to make sure the image was transparent and it was.  Is there a certain type of transparency that is necessary for the image?  Is there some setting in the php or Map file that would not allow transparent images to work?  I'm at my wits end.  I am using Mapserver 4.2. I really hope I'm not wasting peoples time with this question.




-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]On
Behalf Of Steve Lime
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 1:58 PM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] gif highway shield transparency
issues


I'm assuming you must be looking at old documentation. To make a pixmap symbol transparent you must create
a transparent image. The transparent parameter in a symbol file is unused.

Steve

>>> "Clever, Max" <Maxc at SPICERGROUP.COM> 12/16/05 11:17 AM >>>
I've tried ffffff and #ffffff and fff and apparently the TRANSPARENT index cannot be letters because it won't let the mapfile process right when I try those.

-----Original Message-----
From: punk.kish at gmail.com [mailto:punk.kish at gmail.com]On Behalf Of P
Kishor
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 11:35 AM
To: Clever, Max; MapServer
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] gif highway shield transparency
issues


Clever, Max wrote:
> Hi All,
.
> R:255 G:255 B:255 Hex:ffffff index:000 Websafe
> Transparent
..
> Am I not making the gif transparent properly in fireworks?  I've also tried "TRANSPARENT 000" b

000 is black
try fff

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Puneet Kishor